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Retreat from the bustle of Scotland's capital city with a visit to the Vital Health and Wellbeing Club at the Macdonald Holyrood Hotel. Work out the stresses of the day on the treadmill, restore calm with a swim in the heated swimming pool or unwind with an aromatherapy massage.

As a guest, all of the Macdonald Holyrood Hotel's leisure facilities are available to you free of charge. Take time out to improve your technique with a personal trainer or simply relax in the sauna or Relaxation Suite. For a truly indulgent treat book in for an Elemis Spa Treatment which is guarenteed to leave you feeling fabulous from top to toe!

I went for a One Night Time to Unwind Spa Break and have awarded it 5 stars.

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Visited February 2015

Laura

Posted 3 weeks ago

We booked the spa and afternoon tea package for a ladies' day out. The staff at the hotel were all lovely and very helpful. we used the pool area and sauna/steam rooms. It was very pleasant although more seating around the pool would have been beneficial. The relaxation room was a lovely place to chill out after using the facilities. We cannot fault the afternoon tea. The food was lovely and there was plenty of it. We didn't realise that the package also included Prosecco so that was a nice surprise. During the afternoon tea one of the staff from the spa came to see us and brought a bag of beauty products from the spa for one of the party who hadn't been able to make it due to illness, which was such a lovely thing to do and very much appreciated. We would definitely return in future.

The actual spa day was not as good as expected. The let down was the afternoon tea - they took ages to serve us and then the scones were like rock buns and the cakes were actually frozen mini cakes. Sandwiches ok but had been lying around so the outer edges were hard. Paid for 1hr massage for both and that was outstanding but the rest was not great. Actual swimming pool area is a bit jaded but the rest of it i.e. changing rooms and treatment rooms and relaxation area were fabulous.

Had afternoon tea, nice place staff very nice and helpful all day 4 stars have been awarded. Only down side was booked afternoon tea for 4 and sat waiting till at least half 4 just felt we didn't matter

Overall my friend and I enjoyed our spa day with afternoon tea however there were a few areas that could have been better. When we arrived at the spa there was only one member of staff dealing with a lot of parties arriving at the same time. We therefore had to wait quite a while before being able to enter the spa - glad we arrived early! The changing rooms we're great however the pool area, sauna and spa were not in keeping with the high standard of the rest of the hotel. Bit disappointing-needs a bit of a revamp. There was no where to relax and read our books etc at the pool area, had to find a member of staff and ask to be shown the relaxation room as advertised in our offer - glad we paid attention to the small print! Thankfully everything from then on was great. Relaxation room was brilliant -good supply of water,tea,fruit - and afternoon tea was delicious!

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We are awaiting a revamp of the swimming pool area and are extremely looking forward to this!I am happy to hear that you enjoyed your day and would love to offer you the opportunity to come back and visit the spa with a 25% discount on all treatments!Please call us on 0131 528 8181 to schedule your appointments!Kind Regards,MelanieSenior Spa Therapist

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Hi Helen, Thank you for your fantastic review!We would like to offer you the opportunity to come back to the spa with a 25% discount on all treatments, please call us on 0131 528 8181 to schedule your treatments!

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Thank you for your fantastic review! We would like to offer you the opportunity to come back to the spa with a 25% discount on all treatments, please call us on 0131 528 8181 to schedule your treatments! Kind Regards, The Spa Team

The spa experience was great, however, the afternoon tea was very poor. The sandwiches were plain and uninteresting and the pastries were soggy - if I had ordered this on the day I would have refused to pay for it in fact I would not be able to recommend this hotel to friends.

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Thank you for your fantastic review! We would like to offer you the opportunity to come back to the spa with a 25% discount on all treatments, please call us on 0131 528 8181 to schedule your treatments! Kind Regards, The Spa Team

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Thank you for your fantastic review! We would like to offer you the opportunity to come back to the spa with a 25% discount on all treatments, please call us on 0131 528 8181 to schedule your treatments! Kind Regards, The Spa Team

Had the most marvellous day. A warm welcome, was followed by a gentle tour of the facilities. Then we were left to settle in before our first treatments. The girl who gave me my massage was amazing, and it left me feeling just great. We had healthy lunch in the private dining room, up on the 6th floor, with stunning views of the crags. Our second treatments were in the afternoon - I had 'Sole Delight' so good! My feet were thoroughly scrubbed and pampered, and while the treatment was warming through, I Los received a head massage. I was so relaxed I dozed off! It was a wonderful, relaxed, pampered day. And I would happily do it all again.

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Hi Alastair,Thank you for your fantastic review! We would like to offer you the opportunity to come back to the spa with a 25% discount on all treatments, please call us on 0131 528 8181 to schedule your treatments! Kind Regards, The Spa Team

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Thank you for your fantastic review! We would like to offer you the opportunity to come back to the spa with a 25% discount on all treatments, please call us on 0131 528 8181 to schedule your treatments! Kind Regards, The Spa Team

If you need to park your car, best to go straight to Dynamic Earth - spaces not always available in the hotel and it costs a fortune. Hotel reception staff very snotty and disagreeable (Spa staff were great)!

Get the spa to email you with your appointment times as they got ours wrong and there was nothing in writing.

Had a lovely day here with my wife we enjoyed the steam room, sauna and swimming pool, followed by afternoon tea which was delicious.Facilities were spotless and well equipped.would use the spa facilities again and would recommend it to anyone thinking of going here.

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Thank you for your fantastic review! We would like to offer you the opportunity to come back to the spa with a 25% discount on all treatments, please call us on 0131 528 8181 to schedule your treatments! Kind Regards, The Spa Team

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Thank you for your fantastic review! We would like to offer you the opportunity to come back to the spa with a 25% discount on all treatments, please call us on 0131 528 8181 to schedule your treatments! Kind Regards, The Spa Team

The spa treatments and area was very good and helped me relax a lot. Changing rooms looked quite modern.Disappointingly was the pool, sauna and stream room is just part of the hotel and is looking a little tired.The gym area was not available due to a flood the week before which we were not informed about this until I tried to access the room.

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Thank you for your review.I am sorry that the gym was unavailable at the time of your visit - I would like to offer you the opportunity to return to the spa to and enjoy a 25% discount on all treatments with complimentary use of the facilities!Please call us on 0131 528 8181 to schedule your visit!

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Thank you for your fantastic review! We would like to offer you the opportunity to come back to the spa with a 25% discount on all treatments, please call us on 0131 528 8181 to schedule your treatments! Kind Regards, The Spa Team

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Thank you for your fantastic review! We would like to offer you the opportunity to come back to the spa with a 25% discount on all treatments, please call us on 0131 528 8181 to schedule your treatments! Kind Regards, The Spa Team